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. Commission for Relief 
in Belgium 

71 Broadway, New York 

Official Clearing-House for the Relief 
in Belgium 



LINDON W. BATES. 

Vice-Chairman. 

ROBERT D. McCARTER, 

Honorary Secretary. 



General Instructions 

For Making Contributions of Food, Clothing 

and Money 





THIRD EDITION 


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See Index on Following Page 




Issued January 1st, 1915 




Revised to March 1st. 1915 


F. 134—4248 


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dH;-, ^'^^'^ Index ^ ' 

Agreements with Belligerent Countries 3 

American Executive Committee 5 

Assembly Depots (see map page 12) 16 

Auditors and Accountants J- 

Bankers 4 

Chairmen , 4 

Classification of Freight 14 

Contributions of Clothes , 3 

Contributions of Food 6 

Contributions of Money 6 

Counsel 4 

Distribution of Food in Belgium 3 

Executive Committees 4 

Express Charges 10 

Express Instruction 9 

Exports (see special instructions for terminal ports) 20 

Foodstuffs (How Obtained) 3 

Food Most Needed ; 6 

Foods to Buy for Belgium 6 

Forwarding Agents .16 

Free Transportation 8-9 and 22 

Freight Charges 14 

Grain Shipment '. 22 

Guardianship of Food 3 

Honorary Secretaries 4 

Ideal Food Box 23 

Inland Concentrating Points 18 

Map 12-13 

Marking for Shipping — 

Parcel Post 8 

Express 9 

Ports 20 

Members 4 

Money Contribution 3-6 

Neutrality of Commission 3 

Officers 4 

Placing Postage Stamps 8 

Postoffice Instruction 8 

Prepaying Parcel Post 8 

Purpose of Commission 3 

Refund of Postage 8-15 

Release of Liability 15 

Return of Express Charges 9 

Routing to Seaboard 14 

Shipping to Ports 20 

State Assembling Depots . 16 

State Committee Executive 5 

Storage 14 

Storage Charges 14 

Tags 8 

Terminal Ports 20 

United States Parcel Post Instruction 8 

Use of Letter R 8 

Vice-Chairman 4 

Woman's Section Back cover 

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The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES 

71 Broadway, New York 

Tel. Rector 8125 

This Commission concerns the governments of seven countries. It was 
created to carry out an agreement entered into between the various belli- 
gerent forces, providing for the import of foodstuffs to the civil population 
in Belgium. It conducts its affairs under numerous diplomatic, naval and 
military conventions. 

This Commission is entirely neutral. Its working members are drawn 
from the business communities in the United States, England and Belgium. 
It has offices in London, New York, Rotterdam and Brussels. 

The Commission works in co-operation with the Comite National de 
Secours et d'Alimentation, whose headquarters- are in Brussels, with 
branches throughout Belgium. These branches usually embrace the local 
officials. The Comite in Brussels, in co-operation with American officers 
of this Commission, attend to the entire distribution of food to the people. 

The functions of the Commission are as follows: 

1. To secure foodstuffs from any quarter. Supplies are being pro- 
cured by: 

(a). Various independent organizations and committees in all parts 

of the world; 
(b). Committees appointed by this Commission; 
(c). Direct contribution from firms and individuals; 
(d). Purchases by this Commission. 

2. To provide transportation from any centre in the world into Bel- 
gium. The Commission has ships en route to and from the United States, 
India, Canada, etc. The shipping is managed entirely free of charge by 
Messrs. Birt, Potter & Hughes, Ltd., and Messrs. Trinder, Anderson & Co., 
of London, and Messrs. Jsforton, Lilly & Co., of New York. 

3. Tlie Commission undertakes the guardianship of the foodstuffs 
from molestation throughout the belligerent area. The supplies are issued 
from the principal and branch stations of the Commission in Belgium into 
the hands of the "Comite National de Secours et d'Alimentation" for detailed 
distribution. 

It will be understood that the task of provisioning over seven million 
people for a period of many months, requiring the despatch of a shipload 
of food every other day, constitutes the largest commissary undertaking 
that the world has ever seen and demands the closest co-operation. It 
concerns a country where war is in progress, and most stringent conditions 
are imposed by the various governments. 

This booklet outlines the primary basis for nation-wide co-operation 
in this great work. A close adhesion to its instructions is indispensable 
to the effective assembling and handling of shipments. 

The Commission desires more particularly non-perishable foodstuffs, 
new blankets and new clothes. From the States not as yet officially organ- 
ized and represented by a recognized committee, it desires contributions of 
either foodstuffs or money by check or postoffice order. It applies 100% of 
such donations to the purchases of food, preferably in the States where 
donated, if obtainable at advantageous cost. 

LINDON W. BATES,' 

ROBERT D. McCARTBR, Vice-Chairman. 

Hon. Secretary. 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

COMPRISING 

AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

SPANISH COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

ITALIAN COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

COMITE NATIONAL DE SECOURS ET D'ALIMENTATION. 

Honorary Chairmen. 
HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR DON ALFONSO MERRY DEL 
VAL Y ZULUETA, The Spanish Ambassador in London. 

HIS EXCELLENCY BRAND WTIITLOCK, 
The American Minister in Brussels. 

HIS EXCELLENCY HENRY VAN DYKE, 
Th(- American Minister in The lJa</ue. 

HIS EXCELLENCY WALTER HINES PAGE, 
The .American Ambassador in London. 

HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES GERARD. 
The American Ambassador in Berlin. 

HIS EXCELLENCY LE MARQUIS DE VILLAL0I3AR, 
The Spanish Minister in Brussels. 

HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM G. SHARP, 
The American .Ambassador in Paris. 



Chairman. 
HERBERT C. HOOVER. 

V ice-Chairmen. 
•SENOR DON JOSE CONGOSTO, London. 
DANIEL HEINEMAN, Brussels. 
COLONEL MILLARD HUNSIKER, London. 
LINDON WALLACE BATES, New York. 

Honorary Secretaries. 
MILLARD SHALER, Lokoon. 
AVILLIAM HULSE, Brusskls. 
SENOR DON JOSE ROURA, London. 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, New York. 

Executive Committee. 
London — 

COLONEL MILLARD HUNSIKRR. 
EDGAR RICKARD. 
KDGAR SENG IK R. 
MfLLARD SHALER. 
JOHN BEAVER WHITE. 
CLARENCE GRAFF. 

Brussels — 

DANIEL HEINEMAN. 
AVILLIAM HULSE. 
HUGH S. GIBSON. 
JARVIS E. BELL. 

Rotterdam — 

CAPTAIN J. F. LUCEY. 
MARSHALL LANGHORNE. 

Rome — 

GELASIO CAETANI. 



American Execvtive Committee. 
71 Broadway, New York. 

LINDON W. BATES, V ice-Chairman. 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, Hon. Secretary. 
HERBERT R. ELDRIDGE. 
WILLIAM EDWIN HALL. 

Members. 

BEN S. ALLEN. London. 

D. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Des Moines. 

W. H. CROCKER, San Francisco. 

J. W. DICKSON, London. 

SENOR DON ALFONSO DE ZULUETA. 

WM. E. EDGAR, M'inneapolis. 

HERBERT R. ELDRIDGE, New Y^ork. 
♦ALEXANDER HEINGARTNER, LlEua. 
•C. B. HURST, Antwerp. 
WILL IRWIN, New York. 

SENOR DON NICASIO JaURALDE. 
* HENRY A. JOHNSON, Ostende. 
»SOREN LISTOE, Rotterdam. 

GENERAL ARSENE PERRILLIAT, New Orlbam. 

W. ROSCOE STUBBS, Lawrence, Kan. 
•ROBERT P. SKINNER, London. 
*J. A. VAN HER, Gttent. 
♦ETHELBERT WATTS, Brussels. 

ALBERT H. WIGGIM, New York. 

THEODORE B. WILCOX, Portland. 
*SENOR FRANCISCO YEBRA, Antwerp. 

C. A. YOUNG, Rotterdam. 
* American or Spanish Consul. 

Auditors and Accnuntants. 

DELOITTE, BLENDER, GRIFFITHS & CO., 

New York and London. 

Bankers. 
NATIONAL CITY BANK, 

55 Wall Street, New York. 

GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY. 

140 Broadway, New York. 

Counsel. 
WILLIAM EDWIN HALL, 

27 William Street, New iORK 



Baltimore: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief in 
Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Terminal 
Shipping Co., 505-507 Keyser Bldg., Baltimore, Md. Send two non-negotiable 
copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Newport News, Va.: . Consign goods through to The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, 
Barber & Co., Norfolk, Va. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of 
lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

Norfolk, Va.: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Barber 
& Co., Norfolk, Va. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to 
Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 

Charleston: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief in 
Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Carolina 
Company, Charleston, S. C. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lad- 
ing to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

New Orleans: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Norton, 
Lilly & Co., 711 Whitney Central Building, New Orleans, La. Send two non- 
negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Portland, Maine: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, The 
Robert Redford Co., Ltd., Portland, Maine. Send to non-negotiable copies 
of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Reltef in Belgium, 
71 Broadway, New York. 

Portland, Oregon: Consign goods through to The Commission for Re- 
lief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agent, Mr. 
Theodore B. Wilcox, care of Portland Flouring Mills Company, Portland, 
Ore. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Seattle, Wash.: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Eelg^'um, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Dodwell 
& Co., Seattle, Wash. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to 
Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 

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San Pedro, Cal.: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending -all papers to Port Agents, Swayne & 
Hoyt, San Pedro, Cal. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to 
Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 

San Francisco: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Sawyer & 
Hoyt, San Francisco, Cal. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading 
to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, N. . 

Tacoma, Wash.: Consign goods through to The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending all papers to Port Agents, Dodwell & 
Co., Tacoma, Wash. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to 
Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 7,1 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 

Export. 

4. All Bills of Lading must be marked "FOR EXPORT." 

Valuation . 

5. State approximate value on B/L for customs clearance. Mark the 
contents plainly on each tag or package. 

Packin4i:. 



6. Extra strong cases and packing indispensable. 
Perishable Goods. 

7. If shipments of perishable goods, such as potatoes and vegetables, 
are tendered, please notify Commission before assembling. At the present 
time arrangements have not been completed for transporting this class of 
food. When they are, due notice will be given. 

Free Transportation. 

10. Ship at once to the nearest port herein listed when you have been 
advised regarding routing except where official Committees may have other- 
wise arranged. Many of the railroad companies donate free transportation. 
Where this is not done, payment for freight is made in New York. 

Bulk Grain. 

Report by telegraph proposed shipments of grain in bulk to the Com- 
mission for shipping directions. 

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STATE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVES 

Alabama — 

Arizona — t 

Arkansas — J. S. Pollack, Little Rock, Ark. 

California — W. H, Crocker, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, C. P. 

Colorado^- [Michael, San PranciEiCO. 

Connecticut — Anson T. McCook, 5 State Street, Hartford. 

Delaware — David T. Marvel, Dupont Building, Wilmington. 

District of Columbia — Capt. E. J. Dorn, U.S.N., 425 Eleventh St., Washington. 

Florida — 

Georgia — Georgia Committee of The Commission for Relief in Belgium. 

[513 Opera House Building, Atlanta. 

Idaho — Stanley Easton, Kellogg, Idaho. 

Illinois — William J. Chalmers, Edison Building, Chicago. Everett L. 
Millard, 69 Washington St., Chicago. Arthur T. Aldis, Monadnock 
Block, Chicago. 

Indiana — 

Iowa — D. S. Chamberlain, Des Moines. 

Kansas — Hon. W. R. Stubbs, Topeka. 

Kentucky — 

Louisiana — Gen. Arsene Perrilliat, 422 Hibernia Building, New Orleans. 

Maine — C. S. Hichborn, Augusta. 

Maryland — Miss Mary B. Shearer, Sec'y, 905 North Charles St., Baltimore. 

Massachusetts — Charles S. Rackemann, Sec'y, 75 Ames Building, Boston. 

Michigan — [Redington Piske, 426 Boylston St., Boston 

Minnesota — B. P. Well, 432 Security Bank Building, Minneapolis. 

Mississippi — 

Missouri — ■ 

Montana — Gov. H. B. Stewart, Helena. 

Nebraska — J. E. Miller, State House, Lincoln. 

Nevada- 
New Hampshire — General Prank S. Streeter, Concord. 

New Jersey — New Jersey Division of The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 

New Mexico — G. H. Van Stone, Santa Pe. [73 8 Broad St., Newark. 

New York — The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York. 

North Carolina— S. Westray Battle, Ashville. 

North Dakota — Gov. L. B. Hanna, Bismarck. 

Ohio — Edward Drummond Libbey, Nicholas Building, Toledo. O. K. 
Shimansky, Secretary, Board of Commerce Building, Columbus. 

Oklahoma — Gov. Robert L. Williams, Oklahoma City. 

Oregon — Samuel Hill, Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland. 

Pennsylvania — Albert Cross, 1524 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

Rhode Island — 

South Carolina — Bruce W. Ravenel, 1401 Palmetto' Building, Columbia. 

South Dakota — Gov. Prank M. Byrne, Pierre. 

Tennessee — 

Texas — 

Utah — 

Vermont — Charles S. Rackemann, Sec'y, 75 Ames Building, Boston. 
Redington Piske, 426 Boylston St., Boston. 

Virginia — Col. H. M. Boykin, Richmond. 

Washington — Hon. TTiomas Burke, J. D. Lowman, Seattle Chamber of Com- 
merce, Seattle. 

West Virginia — 

Wisconsin — E. P. Arpin, Grand Rapids. A. D. Campbell, Milwaukee. 

Wyoming — 

Hawaii — W. R. Castle, Honolulu. 

See page 24 for State Committee Executives of Woman's Section 
Where there is no State Chairman, communicate directly with The 

Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York. 



Purchasing Department 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium desires to advise donors that 
it has a purchasing department, the duties of which are a thorough study 
of the markets of the entire country, the procuring of bids from producers, 
wholesalers, manufacturers, etc., and the purchasing of food supplies in 
quantities where they can be bought most advantageously, freight charges, 
etc., being considered. 

Our State Executives work in close accord with our purchasing depart- 
ment in getting prices and data in their various states, and it is the desire 
of the Commission that all donors feel free to stipulate the expenditure 
of their cash contributions in their own states. 



What Foods to Buy for Belgium 

To Executi'ves ana Purchasing Agents of State Committees, Branches of The 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

Executive Department: 
71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

ACCEPT AS A GIFT ANY wholesome and non-perishable food offered, 
but BUY, and so far as possible influence others to buy, only the following 
foods, which are arranged in order of desirability for use in Belgium: 

Foods Containing Maximum Amount of Calories and Proteids 
at Least Cost 

Wheat, Whole Wheat Flour, White Piour, Corn (less than 
17 per cent, moisture), Corn Flour, Cornmeal, Rye, Barley, Buck- 
wheat and their flours; Dried Pea Beans, Dried Peas, Rolled or 
Cut Oats, Brown Rice. 

Foods Containing Maximum Amount of Fats at Least Cost 
Pork Fat Backs, Bacon and Oleomargarine 

LET THE C03IMISSI0N BUY, OR DIRECT THE BUYING of Con- 
densed or Evaporated Milk and other Milk Products. The Commission 
buys large amounts from time to time and is in position to claim the draw- 
back from the U. S. Treasury given in respect to the sugar employed in 
manufacture when the Condensed Milk is exported. 

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i DO NOT BUY canned vegetables, fruits, soups or any canned goods or 
potatoes. These canned goods contain 52 per cent, to 90 per cent, of water. 
Potatoes similarly contain 7 8 per cent, water and are difficult to transport. 
It is obviously uneconomic for us to buy and pay overseas freight upon 
water. 

Our advice against purchasing canned goods and prepared foods with 
donated funds is given because the amount of these classes of food w^iich 
can be purchased for a given amount of money has not the same nutritive 
value to sustain life as if invested in the list recommended. Another point of 
consideration is that the space taken up in cargo room is more than the 
space required for the primary foodstuffs. The scarcity of steamers and the 
high orice for charters makes space important. 

DO NOT BUY any meat products save those listed, which are inciudr d 
to give the fat element necessary for a balanced diet. Calories and protein 
purchased as meat cost two to eight times as much as the same quantity of 
nutriment bought as grain. 

DO NOT BUY FISH. One thousand calories purchased in the form of 
"Salt Cod" at 7c. a pound costs ten times as much as the same one thousand 
calories purchased in the form of "Brown Rice" at 3%c. a pound. 

BUY WHEAT AND CORN IN BULK IN CARLOAD LOTS, but accept 
donations of small lots in sacks. Make purchases in the largest quantities 
possible of one sort of food so as to get bottom prices. 

Telegraph collect to Purchasing Department, The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York City, N. Y., atout the desira- 
bility of purchasing if in doubt as to any special food not listed here. The 
Commission has on its staff some of the ablest food experts in the country, 
who will give advice as to how to make the donated dollars go furthest 
and not be economically wasted. 

LINDON W. BATES, 

Vice-chairman. 

ROBERT D. McCARTER, 

Honorary Secretary. 



Parcel Post 



December 1st, 1914. 



Washington, D. 0. 



Postmaster: You are directed to post this placard In the lobby of your 
postoflEiee. 

A, S. BURLESON, 
Postmaster-General. 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, headquarters 71 Broadway, 
New York, has undertaken to transport free of charge, from all points in 
the United States, donations of food and other suitable supplies destined 
for the relief of the suffering non-combatants in Belgium. Since the Parcel 
Post regulations prevent the sending of parcels collect, this free offer of 
transportation must take the form of a return to the senders of the money 
spent in prepaying the postage. If you desire to aid the millions of men, 
women and children now in desperate straits, enclose your donation in a 
strong package or box, and attach securely, addressed to our nearest inland 
forwarding agent (see list on page 16), a tag made out as follows: 



(Front) 



(Back) 



A b c I 



STAMPS 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium 
Care of 



Forwarding Agrcnt. 



City 
State 



(From) 

Name of Donor 

Address 

City 

Contents 

Weight Value $. 



State , 



These tags can be obtained by applying to any forwarding agent, State 
Committee executive or at the office of The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 71 Broadway, New York. 

If you wish to take advantage of our offer to return your postage add 
on shipping tag in the upper right-hand corner, on the address side of the 
tag, the letter "R," viz., \ AB C I R. If the letter "R" does not appear we 
will not return postage paid by you, but will apply same in buying more 
foodstuffs. Refund will not be made if stamps are placed on package — 

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THEY MUST BE ON THE TAG. Under no circumstances put marks or 
messages other than those above given in or on any package. 

Because of the disproportionate expense it involves, the Commission 
cannot undertake to return postage on parcels weighing less than twenty 
(20) pounds. 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 

71 Broadway, New York City 



Express Parcels 



Through the courtesy of the various express companies The Commission 
for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, has arranged that any 
contributions may be sent to Belgium without cost to the donor. If you 
desire to aid the millions of non-combatants — men, women and children — 
suffering and starving, simply deposit your donation- in packages, extra 
strongly packed in any express company's office, with a tag attached, made up 
as follows and addressed to our nearest forwarding agents. See list on 
page 16.) 



(Front) 



(Back) 



ABC 



Charges Collect 2/3 rate 
The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

Care of 

Forwarding Agent. 

St. 

City State 



(From) 

Name of Donor 

Address . 

City State.... 

Contents 

Weight .lbs. Value $. 



Put no other marks or messages in or on the packages. In order that 
we may acknowledge and follow up shipment, send on same day to The 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York City, a post- 

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card giving date of shipment, office where deposited, express company, 
contents, approximate value, and your name and address. 

LINDON W. BATES, 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, Vice-Chairman. 

Hon. Secretary. 

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TO THE AGENT: 

Packages described above will be accepted by you and billed collect 
at two-thirds of the regular charge to the forwarding agent at the point 
nearest to your office, where the shipments are to be assembled for forward 
Ing by freight. 

Adams Express Co., Southern Express Co., 

American Express Co., Great Northern Express Co., 

Wells-Pargo Express Co., Northern Express Co. 



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Acceptance and Routing of Donations and 
Payment of Inland and Coastwise Freight 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

Executive Department 
71 Broadway, New York 

The Commission has perfected arrangements for one hundred inland 
assembling depots as indicated on map (see page 12), thus giving facilities 
in each State for bringing together packages by parcel post, express and 
small (less than carload) lots, and their consolidation and re-shipment in 
carload lots to the most desirable seaport to connect with chartered vessels. 

Its one hundred State assembling depots, its fourteen terminal sea- 
board facilities, its free transport over land and sea; its free insurance, its 
free service in every proper and necessary way are accorded primarily to 
each State Branch of the Commission or to each State Committee, which the 
Commission has founded or recognized; also to every institution, organiza- 
tion, or individual that has something helpful to give in food or money, and 
who co-operates directly with it. It is therefore best that each State Com- 
mittee and all interested in the work of feeding Belgium utilize the facilities 
freely given by the Commission. 

Donations from these inland assembling depots will be dispatched to 
the required seaboard port as directed by the Executive Office, 71 Broadway, 
Niew York. 

The Commission has steamers leaving from fourteen different United 
States Ports. In order to promote the harmonious working of the system 
it has now established, and to advantageously route freight to seaboard and 
send it where ships at different ports require cargo, the Commission will 
furnish free land to seaboard transportation on such donations of non-perish- 
able foodstuffs, clothing, blankets, etc., as are: 

1st. Given to the Custody of its recognized Branch or State Com- 
mittee at its official depot. 

2nd. Delivered or sent to one of the many assembling depots mentioned 
in the schedule herewith. 

3rd. Consigned direct to the Commission for Relief in Belgium from 
the point of origin; that is, the railway, coastwise steamer, ex- 
press or parcel post stations where the shipment starts. 

LINDON W. BATES, 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, Vice-Ghairman. 

Honorary Secretary. 

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State Assembling Depots 

Inland Concentrating: Points. Assembling Depots. 

In every State one or more concentratig depots, in charge of an efficient 
forwarding agent, have been established by the Commission. At such depots 
express, parcel post and small freight shipments donated locally will be 
made into carload lots for shipment to the seaboard terminal. The list of 
these concentrating points and forwarding agents is shown on page 18. 

Authorized Forwarding Agents. Storage. 

1. Forwarding agents at concentrating depots will store shipments 
coming in, advising The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York City, by telegraph collect, also his State committee executive, 
when each carload is nearly made up, so that it may be immediately dealt 
with. 

Routing to Seaboard. 

2. The State Committee Executive will advise routing of such car 
lots, but only after consulting with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 
71 Broadway, New York City, in order to obtain route, cheapest rate and 
desired port. 

Freight and Exijress Charges. 

3. Forwarding agents on receipt of goods will O. K. the freight or ex- 
press charges, returning the bill to the carrier, who will collect payment in 
New York on presentation of the bill with the O. K. of the shipping agent. 

Reports to New York. 

4. Forwarding agents will send to The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 71 Broadway, New Yo^k City, a weekly report on "Package Receipt 
Form" as follows: 



Consignor Address Contents Weight 



Storage Charges. 



Collect 
Charges 



5. Forwarding agents, where their services are not donated, will send a 
bill for their services when each carload goes forward. 

Classification. 



6. Forwarding agents, ^f the bulk of shipments warrants, will so 
segregate the different classes of goods that the lowest freight classification 
is secured. 

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Release of Liability. 

7. Forwarding agents are authorized in cases where carrier donates 
free transportation to sign release to railroad of carrier's liability. 

Betiim of Stamps. 

8. Donors sending their contributions by parcel post must, under 
the postal regulations, prepay the charges. The Commission will, however, 
return the sums spent for stamps where the donars use a tag made out in 
the prescribed way on page 8. 

Parcel Post Tags. 

Forwarding agents where parcel post packages are received will detach 
the tag with stamps on it and send it to The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 71 Broadway, New York, with the "Package Receipt" report on which 
receipt is scheduled. When stamps are pasted upon the covering of parcel 
post packages do not send us stamps for refund. Send only detached tags 
made up as on page 8 marked with the letter R. 



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State Assembling Depots 

FORWARDING AGENTS 

Authorized to receive parcel post, express and small freight shipments 
to be made into carload lots for shipment to seaboard: 

Alabama — Magnolia Compress & Warchonse Co Mobile 

Warrant Warehouse Co Birmingham 

Arizona — Pioneer Transfer Co Phoenix 

Arkansas — Terminal Warehouse Co Little Rock 

California — Shattuck & Nimmo Warehouse Co Los Angeles 

Haslett Warehouse Co San Francisco 

Colorado — Benedict Warehouse & Transfer Co Denver 

Connecticut — H. T. Smith Express Co Meriden 

A. Brazos & Sons, Inc Middletown 

Bill Bros. Co Hartford 

Delaware — Chas. War.ner Co Wilmington 

District of Columbia — Littlefield, Alvord & Co Washington 

Florida — Wiesenfeld Warehouse Co Jacksonyille 

Georgia — Belgium Relief Committee, Warehouse 14 Houston St. .. .Atlanta 
Idaho — Peasley Transfer & Storage Co Boise 

niinois — Sibley Warehouse & Storage Co Chicago 

Glynn's Fireproof Storage Cairo 

Indiana — Tripp Warehouse Co Indianapolis 

Iowa — Merchants Transfer & Storage Co. Des Moines 

Ewert & Richter Express & Storage Co Davenport 

Morningside Dray & Auto Co Sioux City 

Calders Van & Storage Co , Cedar Rapids 

Kansas — City Transfer & Storage Co Hutchinson 

Bryan Transfer & Storage Co Wichita 

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Kentucky — Kelly Storage & Distributing Co Lexington 

Crutcher Bros. Co., 124 East Mam Street Louisville 

Louisiana — Arsene Perrilliat. Press Street Landing... New Orleans 

Maine^ -Henry McLaughlin & Co Bangor 

Maryland — Terminal Shipping Company, 505-507 Keyser Building. Baltimore 
B. R. F. Election House, Division Street Salisbury 

Massachusetts — New England Belgian Relief Fund, 426 Boylston St. .Boston 

Taunton Teaming Co Taui:ton 

Bay State Storage & "Warehouse Co Springfield 

Michigan — Central Warehouse Co Saginaw 

Grand Rapids Association of Commerce Grand Rapids 

Minnesota — Boyd Transfer & Storage Co Minneapolis 

Mississippi — Hattiesburg Furniture Co Hattiesburg 

Missouri — Goddard Grocery Co., 413 South 7th St St. Louis 

Springfield, Warehouse & Transfer Co Springfield 

Adams Transfer & Storage Co Kansas City 

Montana — Jones Transfer Co Butte 

Foster-Baker Transfer & Storage Co Billings 

Nebraska — Omaha Van & Storage Co., 806 S. 16th St Omaha 

Carter Transfer & Storage Co Lincoln 

Nevada — ^Nevada Transfer Co Reno 

New Hampsliire — Wood Bros Portsmouth 

New Jersey — Walter H. Rickey, 23 W. State St ! Trenton 

New Mexico — Springer Transfer Co Albuquerque 

New York — The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Bush. Ter. S. B'kyn, N. Y. 

Security Storage & Warehouse Co Albany 

Buffalo Storage & Carting Co Buffalo 

Flagg Storage Warehouse Co Syracuse 

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North Carolina — Asheville Transfer & Storage Co Aslieville 

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North Dakota — Union Transfer Co Fargo 

J. B. Reed Storage & Transfer Co .Minot 

Ohio — Buckeye Transfer & Storage Co .Columbus 

B. &,0. S. W. Warehouse Co Cincinnati 

General Cartage & Storage Co Cleveland 

Toledo Warehouse Co., 1309 Lagrange St Toledo 

Union Storage Co Dayton 

Springfield Transfer & Storage Co Springfield 

Oklahoma — 0. K. Transfer & Storage Co Oklahoma City 

Guthrie Transfer Co . Guthrie 

Oregon — Theodore B. Wilcox, Municipal Dock Portland 

Pennsylvania — Union Storage Co Pittsburgh 

Albert Cross, Ex.-Secy. B. R. F., Pier 16 Philadelphia 

Erie Storage & Carting Co Brie 

Rhode Island — Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Co Providence 

Andrews Express and Storage Warehouse Newport 

South Carolina — The Carolina Co Charleston 

Manufacturers Warehouse Co Greenville 

South Dakota^ — Blue Line Transfer Co. . Pierre 

Sioux Falls Warehouse Co Sioux Falls 

Tennessee — Nashville Warehouse & Elevator Co ' Nashville 

Chattanooga Warehouse & Cold Storage Co Chattanooga 

Texas — Texas Warehouse Co., Inc Houston 

Scobey Fireproof Storage Co San Antonio 

Robert Frazier Waco 

Fort Worth Warehouse & Transfer Co Fort Worth 

Western Transfer & Storage Co El Paso 

Dallas Transfer Co Dallas 

Utah — Redman Fireproof Storage Co Salt Lake City 

Vermont — C. H. Jillson Montpelier 

Virginia — ^Jones & Co • . . . . Norfolk 

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Wasiiington — Carter Transfer Co Ellensburg 

Spokane Transfer <& Storage Co Spokane 

Eyres Storage & Distributing Co . Seattle 

G. F. Trowbridge Walla Walla 

U'est Virginia — Citizens Transfer & Storage Go '. Parkersburg 

Wisconsin — A. D. Campbell — All Railroad Freight Depots Milwaukee 

Wyoming — Nearest Depot In adjoining States. 

The Ooinmission acknowledges the courtesy of the American Chain of 
Warehouses. 



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General Instructions for Shipping to Ports 

Marking. 

1. Mark every box, bale, bbl., sack or car-tag | A B C | . Do not permit 
any other marks or messages whatever in or on packages, and especially 
permit nothing mentioning any cfficial of any belligerent country, 
including Belgian officials. The most innocent communication or mark may 
be suspected of being a military code message and prevent the distribution 
of our entire consignment. 

Notification. 

2. Notify The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, by telegraph collect, when carload lots are ready to go forward, so 
that we can advise routing. 

Shipping Papers. 

3. In shipping freight to seaboard, consign all goods to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, to nearest terminals named in list below. 
Original bill of lading and shipping papers should be sent to the agent at 
the port to which goods are consigned. Send two memorandum copies of 
bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 
Broadway. 



Special Instructions for Terminal Ports 

Consign ment of Good s. 

When we wire you to ship to — 

Boston, Mass.: Please consign goods to The Commission for Relief in 
Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending papers to Port Agents, A. C. Lombard 
& Son, 110 State Street, Boston, Mass. Send two non-negotiable copies of 
bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 
71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

New York: Carload Shipments — Consign all carload shipments through 
to New York, N. Y., "LIGHTERAGE FREE, FOR EXPORT." 

Less Carload Shipments — Consign all less than carload shipments 
through to Bush Terminal, South Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Send all papers to The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

Philadelphia: Consign through to The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, "FOR EXPORT," City Pier 16, Philadelphia, Pa., and send all papers 
to Port Agents, Gailey, Davis & Co., 816 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Tratfic Dept., The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

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IDEAL BOX 

FOR INFANTS 
(Green Band) 

tins sweetened condensed 

milk. 
1-lb. tins patent barley flour, 
1-lb. cotton sacks rice, 
3-lb. sack rolled oats, 
3-lb. sack yellow corn meal, 
i/^-lb. sack salt, 
can opener, 
box. 

Net weight of food, 301/2 lbs.; 
gross weight of box, packed, SQV2 
lbs.; size of box, 18 x 12 x 6% inches. 

This will support one infant for 
four weeks. 



20 1-lb. 



FOR WELL ADULTS 
(Red Band) 
No. 3 tins beans, 
No. 1 tins pink Alaska salmon, 
5-lb. cotton sack rolled oats, 

cotton sack yellow corn meal, 
cotton sack yellow split peas, 
cotton sack granulated sugar, 
sack 70/80 California prunes, 
cotton sack wheat flour, 
cotton sack salt. 



5-lb. 
5-lb. 
2-lb. 
3-lb. 
7-lb. 
1-lb. 



can opener, 

box. 

Net weight of food, 38^ lbs. 
gross weight of box, packed, 48 lbs. 
size of box, 17 ^/^ x 11 x 11 inches. 



This will keep a family of four for 
two weeks. 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



THE WOMAN'S SECTION Q 020 933 990 



THE COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM 

1 Madison Avenue, New York 
Mrs. liindon Bates, Chairman , Miss Anne Morgran, Treasurer 

Mrs. August Belmont Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt 

Mrs. Edward R. Hewitt Miss Maude Wetmore 

Miss Mary Parsons Miss Grace Parker, Secretary 

EXECUTIVE CO-OPERATING COMMITTEE 

PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett National Council of Women 

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt International Woman's Suffrage Alliance 

Mrs. Truman It. Newberry Needlework Guild of America 

Mrs. Frederic SchofE Congress of Mothers 

Mrs. Wm. Gumming Story Daughters of American Revolution 

Miss Frances W. Sibley Girls' Friendly Society in America 

Mrs. Mary Boomer Page International Kindergarten Union 

Miss Caroline L. Humphrey Association of Collegiate Alumnae 

Mrs. Henry Olesheimer National Federation of Women Workers 

Miss Maude Wetmore, Chairman 

National Civic Federation, Woman's Department 

Mrs. Joseph M. Strout. Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress 

Mrs. Wm. O. Thompson National Federation of College Women 

Mrs. Henry C. Coe National Society of New England Women 

Miss Anna A. Gordon National Woman's Temperance Union 

Mrs. John W. Stewart National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild 

Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage 

Miss Julia Chester Wells Daughters of the Cincinnati 

Rev. Anna H. Shaw National American Woman Suffrage Association 

Mrs. Clarence L. Bleakley Daughters of the Revolution 

Mrs. Nathaniel E. Harris National Council of Jewish Women 

Mrs. Teresa M. Mblanthy 

(Woman's Section) Nat'l Conference of Catholic Charities 

PRESIDENTS OF STATE FEDERATIONS OF WOMEN'S CLUBS 

Mrs. I. J. Haley Alabama Mrs. Wm. T, Ropes New Jersey 

Mrs. John I. Moore Arkansas Mrs. Rupert F. Asplund.New Mexico 

Mrs. Lillian Pray-Palmer ..California Mrs. Albert H. Hildreth. . . New York 

Mrs. S. J. Reynolds Delaware Mrs. Tom Hope Oklahoma 

Mrs. Ellis Logan.. Dist. of Columbia Mrs. Samuel Semple. .. .Pennsylvania 

Mrs. W. S. Jennings Florida Mrs. Wm. M. Congdon. .Rhode Island 

Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpatrick Georgia Mrs. J. W. Allen South Carolina 

Mrs. Benj. B. Clark Iowa Mrs. Zillah E. Wilson. .South Dakota 

Mrs. C. B. Walker Kansas Mrs. Henry B. Fall Texas 

Mrs. Frederick P. Abbott Maine Mrs. Emeline B. Wells Utah 

Mrs. Edward C. Wilson ... .Maryland Mrs. Geo. H. Smilie Vermont 

Mrs. R. H. Ashbaugh Michigan Mrs. M. M. Caldwell Virginia 

Mrs. J. J. McGrath Mississippi Mrs. R. L Hutchinson. .West Virginia 

Mrs. W. R. Chivvis Missouri Mrs. R. A. Morton Wyoming 

Mrs. Tylar B. Thompson ... .Montana 

PRESIDENTS OF CITY ORGANIZATIONS 

Mrs. James S. Cushman, Young Women's. Christian Association of New York 

THE WOMAN'S SECTION 

State Chairmen 

Mrs. Cyrus P. Orr, 2704 Highland Ave., Birmingham ^ Alabama 

Mrs. John I. Moore, Helena Arkansas 

Mrs. William H. Crocker, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco California 

Mrs. S. J. Reynolds, Smyrna Delaware 

Mrs. W. S. Jennings. Jacksonville ■ Florida 

Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpatrick, Thomasville Georgia 

Mrs. H. R. Allen, Wallace Idaho 

Mrs. H. W. Spaulding, Grinnell Iowa 

Mrs. C. B. Walker, Norton Kansas 

Mrs. Luther E. Hall (Honorary), New Orleans Louisiana 

Mrs. Frederick W. Parham, 1429 Seventh St., New Orleans Louisiana 

Mrs. Frederick P. Abbott, Saco Maine 

Mrs. Edward C. Wilson, Bellona Ave., Govans Maryland 

Mrs. David O. Mears, 3 Fuller Place, Cambridge Massachusetts 

Mrs. R. H. Ashbaugh, 43 Boston Boulevard, Detroit Michigan 

Mrs. Cassius M. Ferguso-n, 124 East 13th St., Minneapolis Minnesota 

Mrs. J. J. McGrath, Canton Mississippi 

Mrs. W. R. Chivvis, 4232 W. Pine Boulevard, St. Louis Missouri 

Mrs. Tylar B. Thompson, Missoula Montana 

Mrs. W. G. Langworthy-Taylor, 435 N. 25th St., Lincoln Nebraska 

Mrs. C. P. Squires, Las Vegas Nevada 

Mrs. Wm. T. Ropes, 19 Gates Ave., Montclair New Jersey 

Mrs. S. C. Nutter, Clovis New Mexico 

Mrs. Albert H. Hildreth, 752 Comstock Ave., Syracuse New York 

Mrs. William O. Thompso-n, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio 

Mrs. Tom Hope, 530 East 10th St., Ada Oklahoma 

Miss Henrietta E. Falling, Portland Oregon 

Mrs. Samuel Semple, Titusville Pennsylvania 

Mrs. J. E. Bird, Watertown . South Dakota 

Mrs. Henry B. Fall, Houston Texas 

Mrs. Arthur E. Raze, Earlham Court, Tacoma Washington 

Mrs. R. L. Hutchinson, 1509 6th Ave., Huntington West Virginia 

Mrs. W. W. Coleman, 323 Juneau Ave., Milwaukee Wisconsin 

Mrs. Archie Allison, Cheyenne Wyoming: 



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